Sunday, June 19, 2016

Book of the Week: Seeing Red: Scorched by T.C. Orton #Review

Down the twists and
turns of the London alleyways, where Chinatown meets the highstreets,
lies a small venue where unknown rock bands often play to crowds of less
than one-hundred.

Isaac is nineteen, living on the sofa of his
best friend’s brother – Eric – after his bible-loving parents tossed him
aside because of his sexuality. After two years of struggling to make
sense of his life, Eric and Charlotte convince Isaac to attend Red’s
gig; an up and coming rock band with a small cult following.

All
hell breaks loose and Isaac is left injured, with the whereabouts of
his friends unknown and his body crippled on the ground. It’s then that
the four members – Troy, Nicolai, Kyle and Moss – aid Isaac by infecting
him with a ‘magical’ virus that grants immortality in exchange for
consuming blood.

The ‘Paranorm’ world is exposed to Isaac.
Vampires, werewolves and warlocks lurk in the depths of the city he has
lived in his entire life, but he won’t become one with the night until
he completes his nine-month transition, leaving him in the hands of the
band and at the mercy of vampire politics.

Review

OMG
I LOVED THIS BOOK! I wasn’t sure I would based on the blurb. I had some
doubts but I was wrong!!!!!!!! This was creative, entertaining, and
wildly original!

We have all read many vampire stories. Probably
enough that we may even roll our eyes when we see another being
published. Well if this book is anything to go by then know it hasn’t
ALL been written yet.

We have four band members of RED and one
night Isaac goes out with his best friend Charlotte, and his roommate
Eric, and what promises to be a fun night turns into a nightmare.

I won’t give anything away but I will tell you when Isaac wakes all is not the same and neither is he.I
adored every character in this book. That’s not easy to do. Many times I
couldn't like them all or one irritated me. Nope. Each one was
excellently written and they were their own character. The vampires
weren’t cliché; they were unique.

Isaac has so many struggles in
this story. I’m glad he didn’t just have it easy. His obstacles were
real and they made sense and I was glad he had them. How he starts and
how he ends is different and though my heart broke quite a few times; in
the end everything was how it should be.

I do hope there are more books to this series because I have no doubt I’ll be devouring them all!Excellent!